Tourtiere Meat Pie

Tourtière Meat Pie Recipe is a classic French dish with a rich filling of ground meat and aromatic spices, wrapped in a crispy pastry.

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1:

Place flour, salt, and diced butter in a blender. Blend until smooth.

Step 2:

Place the shortbread crumbs into a bowl, make a well, add water and knead the dough.

Step 3:

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Step 4:

Peel the potatoes, cover with water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, cover and cook for 25 minutes over medium heat.

Step 5:

Finely chop the onion, pour vegetable oil into the frying pan and fry for 4 minutes over medium heat.

Step 6:

Place the minced pork in the pan, stir and fry for 3 minutes over medium heat.

Step 7:

Add ground beef, stir and cook for 6-7 minutes over medium heat.

Step 8:

Drain the potatoes and mash them with a masher.

Step 9:

Crush the garlic into the pan, add black pepper, salt, coriander, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Stir.

Step 10:

Add potatoes to the pan, stir and cool.

Step 11:

Dust a board with flour, turn out the dough, roll it in flour and divide in half.

Step 12:

Roll out half of the dough and wrap it around a rolling pin.

Step 13:

Unfold the dough over the pan, smooth it out and fold the edges outward.

Step 14:

Place the filling into the pie and smooth it out.

Step 15:

Roll out the second part of the dough on a floured board, roll it onto a rolling pin and cover the pan with the dough.

Step 16:

Pinch the edge, make a decorative slit on the top and brush the crust with beaten egg.

Step 17:

Bake for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.

Cooking tips

For this pie you will need a round pan with a diameter of 26 cm.

To roll out the dough, it is better to use a plastic rolling pin that is not too thick.

The slit in the top crust is necessary to allow steam to escape from the filling.

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